Heart rate variability as an indicator of the beneficial effects of Qigong and mindfulness training on the mind-body well-being of cancer survivors.

Background: Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) and fear of recurrence (FOR) are frequently experienced by cancer patients. This study aimed to improve cancer survivors' CRF, FOR, quality of life (QOL), and heart rate variability (HRV) through Qigong and mindfulness interventions.

Methods: A quasi-experimental design was adopted, and 125 cancer survivors were recruited using snowball sampling.

Mindfulness Stress Management for Female Cancer Survivors Facing the Uncertainty of Disease Progression: A Randomized Controlled Study.

This study aimed to determine the effect of a mindfulness stress management intervention on fear of recurrence and quality of life among female cancer survivors. A longitudinal, randomized design with two groups (60 participants) was used for pretest/posttest comparisons. Twelve weeks of mindfulness stress intervention effectively attenuated fear of recurrence symptoms (T1 = 0.

Three liver grafts from a deceased whole liver.

Although the lateral segment (LS) from the split-liver of a deceased donor or a live donor can increase the organ pool of pediatric patients awaiting liver transplantation, the shortage of organ donation in Asia countries is still serious and results in high death rates of pediatric patients. The medial segment (MS) of the liver is sacrificed during the standard technique of splitting a whole liver into an LS and an extended right liver because the cutting sites of portal vein, hepatic artery and bile duct are all in the bifurcation of the liver hilum to have adequate length of vascular and biliary pedicles for easier grafting. However, the surgical techniques of vascular and biliary reconstructions for liver transplantation, particularly from the experiences of living donor liver transplantation, have been much improved in the last decade.

Successful redo pull-through for Hirschsprung's disease in a Haddad syndrome patient.

Haddad syndrome is characterized by congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (Ondine's curse) associated with segmental distal gut aganglionosis (Hirschsprung's disease). The prognosis of Haddad syndrome is very poor, and survival is often less than 2 years. Treatment of Hirschsprung's disease is usually influenced by the association with Ondine's curse.